Day: January 25, 2021

For years, the baseless, wide-ranging QAnon conspiracy theory has gained steam, making serious inroads in Canada after exploding in the United States. QAnon believers think a blood-thirsty, child-trafficking cabal is running the world and that Donald Trump will bring justice through a day of reckoning known as ‘The Storm.’ But now, following Joe Biden’s inauguration as the new U.S. president, QAnon some followers are devastated and disillusioned while others are doubling down. Today on Front Burner, Daily Beast politics reporter Will Sommer joins us to discuss what might happen to QAnon and its followers next.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up efforts to track coronavirus mutations and keep vaccines and treatments effective against new variants until collective immunity is reached, the agency’s chief said on Sunday.

The federal government’s handling of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign is set to dominate the agenda when Parliament resumes today.

Sarah Sanders, the former chief spokesperson for U.S. president Donald Trump and one of his closest aides, announced Monday she’s running for Arkansas governor, vying for political office even as the former president’s legacy is clouded by an impeachment charge.